Hovercrafts Head To Hell
Breaking Belfast Band The Hovercraft Pirates is floating on air today having been selected from more than a thousand artistes to play at the prestigious Hell Festival in Norway.The three rockers will join legends such as Snoop Dogg, Jon Lord and Jeff Healey on the bill performing two gigs this Friday and Saturday (June 29 and 30).
More than 8,000 tickets have been sold for each of their performances.
Their meteoric rise to the rock and roll hierarchy comes having uploaded some of their tracks to fair trade music web site www.amazingtunes.com
Thousands of newfound fans forwarded Hovercraft tracks to their mates – ensuring that site bosses realised they had a hit on their hands.
“We saw the reaction on the site and knew we were on to a winner.” Said amazingtunes.com founder Paul Campbell.
“They epitomise the very reason I started amazingtunes.com . Talent waiting for that big break deserves to get a hearing – and immediately earn an income.”
Singer and guitarist Paul Blue, from Port Stewart, says that the band can’t wait to make their mark.
“I always knew that I would end up in Hell sometime – but maybe not this early” said Paul “it is going to be a phat blast.
“It turns out that they love our stuff loaded on amazingtunes.com and they chose us to represent them at the festival.
“One minute we are playing at The Nerve Centre in Stroke City and the next we are rubbing shoulders with Snoop Dogg.”
The Hell Festival, which is held in a place called Hell near Trondheim, now enjoying an international profile, is reckoned to be one of Europe’s most influential emerging musical events.
Organiser Knut-Morton Johansen says that there is a major synergy between the site and the festival.
“We both see the importance of giving unsigned musicians a chance to shine alongside the greats. This is our chance to put something back – and ensure that the stars of tomorrow get a great grounding.”
amazingtunes.com and the Hell Festival site www.hellmusicfestival.com will be linked from this weekend.
amazingtunes.com, which champions unsigned artists from around the World, will be launching a revolutionary online radio station at the end of the month.
Listeners will get the chance to create their own play lists, download programmes and email mates with their favourite music.
Managing Director Simon King said: “There’s nothing quite like it. It will revolutionise radio giving the power of total choice to the listening public.
“We have created a place where music lovers can discover new music and share it with their friends – and musicians can be rightly rewarded for their abilities.”
Artistes earn seventy percent of all download revenues – making amazingtunes.com a haven for many unsigned bands rightly worried about the ‘rip-off’ record industry.
And cutting edge intelligent software technology will get to understand listener’s likes and dislikes and make recommendations of what they might like to listen to.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Contact Caroline on 0191 245 3831 or caroline.duff@amazing-media.com
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